Category: Mining

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POSITION SUMMARY

As our Mine Engineer, you will perform daily engineering functions and special projects in an underground hard rock mining operation to keep our production going and our profitability up. You’ll start every day organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing work activities to ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives. You will be called upon to coordinate with geology, survey, and the mine operations group. To thrive in this role, you will use mine costing and financial analysis techniques to explain variances, evaluate projects and prioritize allocation of resources. We’re on a remote island, you must know how to work independently, identify, and resolve problems in a timely manner. 

SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses

• Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work

• Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable

• Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable

• Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations

• Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner

• Using and maintaining PPE

• Providing suggestions for improving work processes

• Assisting Management by supporting change to achieve desired targets

• Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits

• Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job

• Participating in risk assessment methodology

• Participating in safety initiatives

• Receiving training and instruction as required

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES

Technical functions for the role include, but are not limited to:

• Mine planning (short and mid-range):

o Mine design

o Backfill design

o Short range planning of development, production, and backfill to meet long range goals

o 0-3 and 3-12 month forecasting

o Weekly and Monthly reporting of mining progress

o Plan vs. Actual reconciliation

o Coordinates priorities with geology, survey, and mine operations

• Mine improvement projects

• Ability to learn and perform daily surveying duties in the absence of the mine surveyor

• Database management

In addition to the technical functions above, the following behavioral functions are a key element of the role:

• Problem solving: identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully

• Interpersonal Skills: maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things. Cross-trains with other roles in order to expand skillset of self and others.

• Oral communication: speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and conducts meetings.

• Written Communication: edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.

• Planning/organizing: prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.

• Quality control: demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality. Ensures technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.

• Adaptability: adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.

• Dependability: consistently at work, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.

• Safety and security: actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience Requirements

• B.S. in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or equivalent degree

• 2 or more years of underground mine engineering experience

Technical Competencies Preferred

• Underground mine planning software: Deswik (preferred), Vulcan, AutoCAD

• Underground surveying techniques

• Knowledge of ground support techniques

• Mine ventilation, dewatering systems

• Project management techniques

• Autonomous mining equipment

• Economic analysis of mining

• Experience with database management systems

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As our Mine Engineer, you will perform daily engineering functions and special projects in an underground hard rock mining operation to keep our production going and our profitability up. Every day you will work at a mine on a remote island about 18 miles outside of Juneau, Alaska. You’ll start every day organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing work activities to ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives. You will be called upon to coordinate with geology, survey, and the mine operations group. To thrive in this role, you will use mine costing and financial analysis techniques to explain variances, evaluate projects and prioritize allocation of resources. We’re on a remote island, you must know how to work independently, identify, and resolve problems in a timely manner. 

About Us

The Greens Creek Mine, located on Admiralty Island 18 miles south of Juneau, is an underground polymetallic mine operating since 1989, employing over 500 people. The mine is owned and operated by Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Established in 1891, Hecla has a rich history as a distinguished and respected precious metals producer. Winner of numerous safety and environmental awards, Greens Creek is seeking new team members committed to professional growth and success.

Here’s what you can expect in this role: 

• Training first. Every hire is provided MSHA training in the first 4 days on the job. We also provide department-level training on not just what to do, but safety, as well. 
• Apply your technical aptitude with working knowledge of mine mobile equipment, ground support techniques, mine ventilation, dewatering, compressed air and electrical systems.
• Use underground mining software to generate the annual Life-of-Mine plan and production budget, as well as generate stope and development designs.
• Relocate to Juneau and work on a remote island. You will take a boat commute to work every day. Every department is slightly different, but our engineer department works 4 days on for 11 hours each, followed by 3 days off. 
• You will prepare reports for mining progress and KPI’s reconciling the schedule and plan with actual progress.
• Safety is important. Every piece of equipment and each work area must be inspected before work starts. You will promote and personally observe safety procedures. 
• A team you can rely on, a team that will have your back. 

• QUALIFICATIONS
  Education and Experience Requirements
• B.S. in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or equivalent degree
• 2 or more years of underground mine engineering experience
  Technical Competencies Preferred
• Underground mine planning software: Deswik (preferred), Vulcan, AutoCAD
• Underground surveying techniques
• Knowledge of ground support techniques
• Mine ventilation, dewatering systems
• Project management techniques
• Autonomous mining equipment
• Economic analysis of mining
• Experience with database management systems

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES
Technical functions for the role include, but are not limited to:

• Mine planning (short and mid-range):
  o Mine design
  o Backfill design
  o Short range planning of development, production, and backfill to meet long range goals
  o 0-3 and 3-12 month forecasting
  o Weekly and Monthly reporting of mining progress
  o Plan vs. Actual reconciliation
  o Coordinates priorities with geology, survey, and mine operations
• Mine improvement projects
• Ability to learn and perform daily surveying duties in the absence of the mine surveyor
• Database management
  In addition to the technical functions above, the following behavioral functions are a key element of the role:
• Problem solving: identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information
  skillfully
• Interpersonal Skills: maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new
  things. Cross-trains with other roles in order to expand skillset of self and others.
• Oral communication: speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group
  presentation skills and conducts meetings.
• Written Communication: edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to
  read and interpret written information.
• Planning/organizing: prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
• Quality control: demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality. Ensures
  technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.
• Adaptability: adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with
  frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Dependability: consistently at work, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback
  to improve performance.
• Safety and security: actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses
  equipment and materials properly.
  

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Job Summary: Arcosa Aggregates is seeking a motivated Mining Engineer who is eager to learn about various roles within the aggregates industry, including operations, sales, quality control, and other support functions. This HYBRID role will report to the Director of Technical Services and the candidate’s functional leader during various assignments.

You will work at specific locations for approximately 2+ months at a time, gaining exposure to many aspects of the business, including operations management (hard rock, sand & gravel, wet mining, etc.), continuous improvement, sales, environmental, and other support functions. You will work closely with all levels of management within the operations and various business support areas (Accounting, Finance, HR, etc.) to analyze and improve production systems, processes, and operations. You will identify areas for improvement and develop data-driven optimization strategies to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance overall performance.

Our goal is to provide a well-rounded experience that aligns with the candidate’s skills and future goals. If you have a questioning attitude, are data-driven, a good communicator, and passionate about supporting a culture of continuous improvement, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

Day to Day:

• Effectively communicate with plant and regional management to understand the drivers of an operations business and identify potential areas for improvement.
• Learn to manage teams by understanding various functional roles, improving processes, and ultimately enhancing team and operational performance.
• Develop and implement performance metrics to track progress and measure success.
• Be comfortable learning new concepts and applying them to other training segments.
• Help others understand “what good looks like” within all areas that affect efficient aggregate operations.
• Comply with all industry safety rules, procedures, and applicable government regulations.
• Perform other duties or responsibilities as assigned.

About You:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mining or civil engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience in various related roles/industries. Former internships in aggregate operations are a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to listen, learn, and influence change while challenging the status quo when necessary.
• Experience with optimization tools and methodologies. Proficient in the Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) and exposed to applications that support plant and mobile fleet optimizations such as AggFlow, AutoCAD, or others.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Prompt, regular, and predictable attendance.
• Positive, team-based attitude.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changing environments.